Trip to the ER

[Enlitx]

As the title implies, I went to the ER yesterday. At approximately 4:00 A.M. I started getting a headache that just kept getting worse. The night before I had about three beers. I had taken 400 mg of tramadol throughout the day as prescribed, and I have been taking the tramadol for about a year.

My headache kept building until I was violently throwing up at around 6 A.M. I couldn't stand up, and I was sweating so much it drenched the bathroom floor. My wife took me to the emergency room, and I was throwing up the entire car ride there. When I got to the E.R. they said my heart rate was pretty low (30-35 B.P.M.) and my core body temperature was so low that their machine couldn't register it, it just kept coming up with the floor value. After spending the day in the hospital I seem to be fine, except that I feel weak and my head still hurts a little bit.

My question is, has anyone else experienced this because of tramadol, after a year of use with no issues? The E.R. doctor had no idea what caused it, he thought maybe a virus. I was just wondering if anyone else had an experience like this.

 

[TakeItAll]

How often during the time you have been on Tramadol have you consumed alchohol? One of my ex-gf was on Tramadol and was warned by her doctor not too drink while on it.

A google search on Tramadol quickly found that overdose symptoms include shallow breathing, slow heartbeat and several others but no mention of the headache.

 

[Pillthrill]

It is possible that it was too much Tram. That is what happens when you over do it. Just be more careful. But really it could have been anything.